The Sun. — London, England, 1809-03-06 00:00:00

NAVAL :N EWS. From the LONDON GAZETTE,: Marco 4 , Oki. Admiralty -Office, March 4, 1809. Copy ofa Letter from Captain Worth. of tiffs Majesty's '4 1 ° , 1) kle;ena, dated at Sea, 28th tebruary iBog, to Ad mins 1 ouog, Commander in Chiet at Plymouth, and traot ,, rutted by the latter to the Hon. W. W. Yule. I have the hOnour to acquaint you, that before day-ligtit this morning, a suspicions vessel was seen coming from titider the Dodman, and itanding the cfmvoy under my protection. The wind being very light. I sent the boats after her. She proved to be L'Auguste, of St. Makes, armed with two carriage gu ns , l arge sw i ve l s , and tw e nty-four men, °ut six days, without making any captures. She sailed in company with the Speculator lugger, of ten guns, and seven y - nen- ; parted from her yesterday. The Speculator had that day captured two brigs, winch are now in sight. I lost no time in dispatch jtig first-lieutenant, who was in charge of a fast siting brig, which 1 had previously captured, alter and the master, with a isuflicient number of men, in the privateer, after the other. I have the honour to be, J. A. WORTH.. PLY istotrrit, MARCH 4.—Arrived the Scorpion Slop ? o f War, Capt. STANFELL, with a convoy, from Purtstnunth; the British Brig iirethusa, SMITH, from Ctuebec, bound to Portsmouth, laden with timber, roasts, &e. ; British Brig Bertice Packet, NEEVEN, froin 13erbice, bound to London, laden With cotiee, sugar, ; PAYNTBK, front Cork, last froni Fahnoutb; laden with provisions; EVe, HUMPHRIES, from Dublin, laden with pro. visions; • and the Fly, SAMFSON, from Cork, last frOM Falmouth, laden with provisions, ail tor this Port ; also arrived, and sailed again, the 'Rind Re tenue Cower, Capt. ALLEN., Went up into Barripoole the Qu - eFee Frigate, Capt. BURN (Acting), and the Scorpion Sloop a - I Na, Capt. STANFELL. Came dawn from Barnpoole, and anchored ih the Sound, the Unicorn Frigate, , Capt. HARDYISTAN. Arrived the illustrious, Capt. litrouottroar, Ba 4. tura, Capt. Lord •A. BEAoct.lac, Deface, Capt. ILKlbte, .Bellona, Capt. Dotrot o ts, and the Blake,. Capt. CuDRINGiON, of 44 gnus each, from the Downs. The Resolute Gun-brig, Li...ut. liArtittas, iR ape Pointed convoy for the Ea•tward. Arrived th e Mars, 74, Capt. LoKIN, from Spit. head. Sailed the Raven, of tti guns, Capt. GRANT, to thy: We , tward; 'and &counter Gun-brig, Littut. Lulli., o n a cruize. EAARVEY this morning hoisted his 11311.*11 "d ibeTux nont, of So guns, in Ca wsand ; 'Bay the: re mainder of the M en o f W a r laying in the Illy, consi.ting of seven S3:l of 'the Line , are getting,rezidy for sea, and,it is expetted will sail this evening go the Westward. The Resolution, of 74 vim,. went 'out of Harbour 6 4 Morning, for the purpose of joining the above Squadr on . , , ...-- . FALMATTIL, MARCH 3.—This evening arrived the French Schooner Charlemag* lie, from L'Orient, captured by the Raleigh Brig of Itt guns, after a cb acc of to hours. . She sailed from thenee.in corn- P an Y With seven others, all laden with .provisions, hemp' to Guadeloupe, which the Raleigh was in chace, of when the Charlemagne ,left. • The French Master reports that anout 40 Sail of Line-of-battle, Ships were expeeted to sail in a few days imp the . , different ports of France, the greater - number. of 'which were intended for the East Indies. 'Also the Ship Queen, Capt. FILMIER; from St. Domingo, for London, having thrown her gims overboard as also part of her cargo ; also the Brig A Mary Ann, GOODFELLOW, from Pernambuco, with loss of bowsprit ; having been run foul of by a' large Ship in *a gale of wind. Sailed this day the Nile Cutter, Lieut. AVAILS, %V ial thi following Vessels to join the,outward-bound MeditoPtuean Fleet now off this port, consisting ' of about 160 Sail, under convoy of his Majesty's . Bhl P B Endy m io n and Thames :—Sarah, BUTTRESS, 4 s " j ab It OCRCLIFFS, Aurora, DALTON, Beresiord, „ R "Hs. Industry,' DORAND, for Malta ; Jolly zatchei 9r. - 'W ker b N. S. Carmad Almos, PERsux, fl)r 1443 ° 11 f COnCep . diOne, Da LA PENA, Emmeline, WAT R 1) , —lt mAtl, for Cadiz ; Elizabeth, Coox,, for , i , A iCi hneire. PORTSUOUTIrs MAIICH 5.--Arrived the Thomas 144 4 larY, from Sunderland. Sailed his Majesty's Ship 3 Afars, Plantagenet, and Denmark, for the Eastward. The liitinber takes convdy to the Downs instead of the-Linnet. Arrived bia Majesty's Packet Dexterous'. from Spain. 'Sailed his Majesty's Ships Melpomene, for the Downs, and the 1141.44 * with, a convoy for Lisbon. PENZANCE, MAUCH 4.—A Cutter landt.d Dis- P:ttches ere last night she would not give her name, how whence she came, or answer any quesstiqns. FROM THE FRENCH PAPERS. PARIS,. FEB. 17.--Our troops haveenteredNrigo. Major Nicolas, at the head of a squadron of the - Ist regiment of hussars, compelled the fort to surreULier. There were in the port three Gun. boats, each aimed. with . a 24-pounder, a number of "marine etfe&i, and a .well provisioned arsenal; At itedondela, a Russian Corvette, of 30 tuns and ton men, was found be longing to the squadron of Admiral Siniavin. Three thousand men of the ,English army had embarked at Vigo. They 14 scarcely left the port when they were assailed by a violent tempest. Si* transports sunk in the open sea, with 1200 men on board. General Franceschi has entered Tuy. The Duke of 'Dalmatia has marched towards Oporto. _ The English Expedition in Spain has been ex tremely unfortunate. Thirteen of its vessels have perished on the coast of Brittany; and many others. have been cast on the coast of Spain. The DUke of Elchingen announces from Gallicia, that tranquillity is perfe6tly re-establislied in that great province. The following circular note has been addressed to the Princes of the Second Class of the Confederation of the Rhine, by his Serene Highness the Mace of Nassau , Usingen " His Imperial and Royal Majesty of France, has by a writing under his hand invited his Serene Highness to make known to the Princes of the Con federation of the Rhine, the sentiments which ani mate him in favour of the tranquility and repose of this nation, of which his Imperial and`Royal Ma j; sty is the powerful pruteoloi. " The Spanish armies are dispersed ; the English troops are re-embarked, alter having lost the halt of their forces, their horses, baggage, ammunition, and a great part or their treasure. " The Rhenish •confederacy has nothing to fear; its august protesior will defend its limits -with more. than sufficient forces. " The Imperial Court olliustria will probably re turn to a sysmn on which depends the generaftran quility. Nebertheless it is indispensably necessary, in the pfesent state of his affairs, and his Imperial and Royal Majesty desires, (fiat the_Princes of the Confederation of, the Rhine form their contingents, and hold them ready to march. " Having the liono,ir to comtuunicate to you by the present, 'the cheering disposition of your august prcite6ior, and the demands which are joined td it, I seize this occasi6n of giving you the assurances of my high and perfea consideration." MaishalMakroust, Dike Auerstadt, Comman der in Chief of the army of Geimany, has just ar rived at Paris. The expokion of the English from Spain, bas been anuonhceti by 30 thscharges of cannon from all our sea-ports ; so that the Loglish cruizers. would iOOll be iufortned of it. BAMD6IIOi Fen, Merchant of this city has received a letter from Vienna. Thu knowing are • the principal passages " The news of the shameful flight of the Eng lish have caused the greatest consternation in Austria. The Gazettes at Vienna and Plesbuigh, which lately resounded with the victories •ol .the English, now -maintain gloomy silence. What was tlie,conduct of Austria at the epoch when the police of yieuila permitt d the Journalists to insult France periodical ly ?, She forbade all commerce with England, but she permitted the Engli,n to enter her pons; she declared 'herself ostensibly for the, maintenance of ' peace, but she at the same' time made the most hos tile armaments; and under pretext of creating a new system of finances, she sought to fill the public trea sury frightful; our regular troops are occupied in fighting with robbers lf war begin (which God avert!) there is small chance of success. But of what-use . would success be, which'had not been prepared•by wisdom ? What can be hoped when women and thoughtless men are the authors of political plans ? This is what sensible and moderate men say ; but they hardly' dare shew themselves. Moderation is a fault, and the desire of peace a crime. ---(Bain erg Gazette.) FRANKFORT, Fan. 15:,--Orders have been given for the formation of two camps of exercise, one be•• tween Brescia and Berganith and the other between Udina and Palma Nuova. 411 the troops that are in Upper Italy will repair to these camps.as . soonas the season shall perihit. FRANKFORT,. Fan. Kreitemann, Russian Counsellor, of State, has jest passed through this city - from Paris. According to the last lettercfrom Hungary, - con ferences have taken place in the Dardanelles be tween Mr. Adair and Gin,lib Effendi. The latter has always been devoted' to England, and - is detested by the people of Constantinople. it was only by extraordinary good lock that he escaped during the late revolutions. News is the more impatiently ex pede.d from Turkey, because, when the last letters were sent \ oil from the capital, every thing an nounced a terrible crisis. A meeting is talked of at Munich between seve ral German Princes. MANBE«m, - Faa. 17.—1 t is said that Marshal the Duke of Averstades corps soon change n o posi tion. During the last few days several rey,itnenis of cavalry have passed by Schlutchtern, According to report, this corps consists of from 4 to 60,00 U iantry',. 15,000 cavalry (the greater part cuirassiers), too pieces of cannon, and 1 too ammunition wag.: gons. In this estimate neither General Oudinot's corps, nor the troops in the PrUSsian fortresses, are included. This magnificent army has hitherto oc ,copied the countries of Bayreuth, Erfurt, and Fulda.' AUGSBtitGlf, Fen. 14.—The last letters front BUcharest have occasioned the apprehension that the negociations between Russia and Turkey are en tirely broken. The English intrigues at Constanti nople have, it is said, penetrated even into the Di• van, and the Congress of Peace, which was to be held at Yassi, will not take place. It appears cer tain that the Russian troops are reinfOrcing them selves in Wallachia. There bow lately arrived there great quantities of azutnunition, and numerous artil lery. The Russians have raised corps composed of Wallachians. We should not be surprised to see them attempt the passage of the Danube. The Baiarian otticerS haveleceived orders to jolt) their colours. It 'is said a camp is to be formed on the Banks of t Jun. We expeel the entrance of several divi,ions of the French - ariny into, our terri tory. It is said that General Oudinot's corps is about to repair, through LoWer Swabia and Franconia,' to' the Winks of the Lech. MANI amto , FEtt. I ters,frorn Stockholm, come directly by sea, announce, that the Senale on one side, and the Chamber of Commerce on the other, have made strong ,remonstranoes to - the King, on the disastrous state into which the continuance of the war cannbt but plunge Sweden. A general 6- mine is feared, in the Northern provinces especially, which received all their graitifrom Finland. BERLIN, FEB. Excellency the Minister of State, Baron Von Schroetta, is. arrived here from. Konigsberg. ___ __ " • _ Our new Council of State labours without ceas ing in the re-establishment of the finances. The loan of a million of dollars, lately opened, is the first result of its operations. Bit a more important pm jea is under deliberation : this is, to transfer to the States the domains of the Crown, Situated in the Elettoral Marches. This operation deserves to be realised, and may be considered as an efficacious mean of attaining the end desired. The King trans fers to the States these domains, Under certain modi fications. The forests will not be included, but will remain to hiS Majesty ; also ,the mills and the pecu niary rents will remain, and will be' otherwise dis posed of. The . domains are to be. sold to the , States for modo i ooo of crowns of the empire.; but the King shall have the power of purchasing them again ; •and that they may not sink in ealue,, theyare to be • administered by the States conjointly with a Royal Commission. CONSTANTiNoPLE;JAN. 17.—The remains of the Seimens of Bairatter, united to. the Janissaries, caus ed a fresh insurrection, and repaired in tumult to . Tophana under the pretence that they bad not been punelually pad. They required the removal of the Grand Vizier Mahomet ,fly, who had been provi sionally'nominated to that dignity alter the death of Bairattar. Sultan Mahomed, who i altogether in subjection to this turbulent naluia , was tbrceete• consent to this 'eves , . Jussof Pacha, whom he nominated Grand Vizier, is one of the most consider able persons of the Ottentin Empire. He .is 72 year* of , age. -He is adually Governor of High Armenia, where is bit residence, and where he de votes all his time to the working otthe gold mines of Maaden. As he formerly refused the Pachaliks of Kutaiche, Aleppo, and even Bagdad, it is doubted whether he will accept the eminent post..of Grand Vizier. He is a matt perteCtly well informed in all that,respeCts the political relations of Europe with his own country. He has always been penetrated with the highest admiration of the , Emperor of the French. Jussut Pacha acquired a high opinion of the French arms during the campaign of Eg) pt. He was Com mander in Chief of the r.l*kisli armies, and sustain ed great reverses ; but his Credit with the Sultan was so grefiti that in spite of his charaaer, he proerved his place, and constantly enjqed t:ie greatest favour. It is he *who made the Peace of El-Arisch. Since he has been Governor of . Upper Afmenia.„ he has fa cilitated to the uttliost of his power, the relations be tween France and Persia ; he knows one the art of governing the Omni a punishments. and According to the latest ini-' ~ce from Tt;hiran, European discipline has I::.tuu. great progress in Persia: There were f, 8000 men of the array of Prince Ablvi-Myrsa completely exercised in En ropean PKt)ZI THE :MADRID GAZE:TM MAnatn, Faa. 4.—The news Ave receive from Ferrol are every. day more sittisfadory. The sol diers, whether artisans or labourers, have deposited their arms in the arsenal, and have resumed, their peaceful Ocenpations. The offiCers, non-commis• Oiled officers, and troops of the line, withom ex ception, haVe hastened to take the oath of fidelity to King Joseph Napoleon, and continue, the military service. The labourers of the arsenal resume their ataivity, and all the individuals who were employed, con tinuelto 'fulfil - their fumaions with the same adivity. The persons' of property, civil tribunals, military officers, and more especially - the officers of matine, have manifested the greatest joy at seeing under the authority oldie King, that superb port re-establish .ed, which bad been delivered over to disorder and anarchy; and . which the English are enraged at not being able to set on tire. betbre they made their es cape. Their intention is evident from a proposal .they made a fortnight before, to send a 'part of their squadron, with 7000 men, to occupy and defend the town and port.' The inhabitants of Ferrol, re eolleaing that they who made this proposal were English, replied, that not only they would not ac cept- their assistance, but . tha t , however numerous the troops might be who should 'present themselves, they would repel force by force. The English, alter this answer, did nor- dare to execute their wojeds. There feigns in Ferrol the best order and most perfect tranquility. FamittAßY Sunday. the 7th instant, his Majesty was p!eased to receive the deputations from the towns, at Toledo, Salamanca, Santander, St. ticfe unto, Benevente, Lederma, Villa Franca del Vierg de Vitiator, Sahagun, ;and Medina del Rio Seco. All these, deputations manifested the great est hatred against the perturbers 'of the public peace, and their desire to see tranquility re-established in all the nation, under the auspices of the libe ral of our illtistribus and generous Monarch, Don Joseph Napoleon I. The num ber of individuals who composed the deputa tion was considerable, AA not only the towns, but the Nubility, Clergy, antl - t he . Chapters, had deputies. They not only presented to his Majesty. the homage of their cousuments, but they likewise- laid before his Majesty the wants of the different cantons of their Provinces. The King listened to the requests of the Deputies with 'his aceustomettbenevolence ; he granted all he could, and promised to consider the other matters. All the Deputies left the audi ence strongly impressed with the extreme goodness of our amiable sovetein, intimately persuaded of all the advantages which result to nation tram lui"paternal gl,,vernment.. bum, Gaiettp of this day con - talus . a number 'ot Royal decrete., the mostimport ant of which is one which assitis to the different Ministers of the King their d:trerent fundiOns in the administration of -the Govermuent. AnOthn decree provides especial tribunals,far the, decision' of those judici:ll causes w Welt forweily' came before the suppresse4 C6uncil. of Castile. FEB. 13.—Yesterday, Depntations from the towns of Valladolid, Leon; Acria, Are.vale; and Atanjuez; had the honour of being presented to his Majesty, Ibis Majesirreceived the DentstatiOns with his or dinary goodness, and promised to employ all the_ means possiblei in assuring the proSperity . of the na tion, which he had already 'done. • T PARIS,. FEB.- 19:—The Afonitettr'or this day con tains the following remarks, hi the f6rrn of notes, on the preceedings of the British Paaainent On Lord Erskine's motions for n series of returns to ascertain the loss : of the army on , the late Expedition, the Afpniteur says : " The motion of. Lora Eri i kine goes to the • point. if they give Lim the series he asks for, he will learn, that, without fighting, the corn, or the English Expedition losr, some a third, other, the half, and several even four-fifths of their comple ment. In order to give a perf . o idea of the results of this expedition, an, inquiry should be made con cerning the condition of the homes, artillery_ and baggage of the English army : finally, in tirder to ascertain how far the operations of the Mi::istry ale ! honourable to the nation, an inquiry should be made. also concerning the condition of the allied.army, of that army which the English abandoned, and which has been almost altogether slain, taken, of lost." On the Speaker's giving thinks to - Brigadier-Ge neral Farm, on account or the Expedition into Por tugal, the Moniteca: obtervei A n AnnOurable campaign, indeed, for the English ! They were- three to one, and ivere not able to take the French army, wilielt was in want of provisions, and was enyitoqed by them and by in surreCtion. Landed on our shores, the Fronch army. of Portugal "set otit in'stantly :upon its Match ; .end this suite army, having arrived 'at &nevem', tt the same time with the Engli-!t, chased them 150 leagues ; and this sama army has beaten them at Co.;' runna, forced them' to re-entbat k; and a at thil meat entering again into. Portugal. Such are the results of this brilliant and glorinns' Expediti on .— The El!glish army, beaten and dispersed, has abati dotted both its allies, Spain-and Portugal. Act:or& ing to the expression of a journalist, the Continent has fled from beneath 'their feet." , . On the thanks of. the Speaker of the Haase of Commons to Lieut.-Gen. i\l'Kenzie PrilUr, for his . condud at the battle of Corant,a, in which the Speaker said, " where a British force opposed to an enemy much superior in numhcr, coveted Itself with glory," the Monitar says :- 3. " This is rather too strong. .When such things are taking place in the Vadilinint of I:n;r land, we'eau behold in that assembly nothing hut the agents of a party, underthe,Like appearanee'of, Bepresentatives'of a nation. Let them . fetUrp thanks' to General Frazer for Ins personal good. l'condUel.;* well and good ; it is possible he may have merited ' them. We do not know this Genehil ; he may be,. ve, v . brace man ; there are 'many in the English ; to vote thanks for the most dka.trous, ruinous, and digraceful expedition which England: has made these tilty years -t-w hat quack:lty ! Nutty thousand English infantry,' seven thousand cavahy, and eighty - pieces of cannon, formed the reserve of, three hundred . thousand Spani.irds,, who did not resist one hundred thousand kreuehmen bix weeks; Burgos, Tudela, Espinosa, Santander, • Madtid, the Mountainous province Of Galheia, Coronna, Ferrol, and. the squadron there,- were all taken in a moment. And the English army receives- thanks -tor having' brought back to England some of its remains ! This is a strange glory ! 'Such triumphs would surely not' h.:ve been celehrated.at Sparta." On the thanks of the Speaker to Sir Samuel Hood, the official paper remarks :- 4.. What ignominy ! What was done by Sir Samuel Hood under these .circumstances, who is in other respects a very distinguiShed Ad.uiral,. in order to merit and' receive these 'thanks ? He pre.. ferred the sea to the land, in order to seek on the' one the safety which the other did not offer him.— Like an intrepid seaman, he did not hesitate to put to sea, in spite of the dangers of a frightful tempest.; his ships were dispersed, and a part of his fleet _perished. But all these dangers' did not deter hiM from flying from the Continent. How fair a claim . for eulogy ! What glory forßritish arms !" • , The same papetTco - ntaitts thefollowing note t)n a paragraph 9f all English paper, announcing; the preparations of the British to ev a cuate Li s b on :-- _ _ " This is indeed a •tine and grand result of your brilliant expedition to Portugal'. You are driven, away by the same troops whorl) you fought with' there. The English Parliament will, without detihr, - vote its thanks to the troops from Portugal. - *Willi,' without doubt, see in their flight.a, new add not lose eodent proof of the gre,it ictory gained by the Eng lish at Corunna." • A letter from an English Officer, prisoner of .war at Nancy, dated th'e elph January,- states that : there were then about bon officers detained there, as 2415 non-cottnnissioned officers and p►ivate are happy in being able to add that they . %reievtgy heal t by . ShIITHFI ELI) hlaitcti 6. This day's market was will supplied with prime . beihts, and the chew of cattle it, general Was very good; Beef, Mutton, and Pork are tivi.tier than out last report ; Veal is some:hill cheaper, and the tradp for the most pa r t was m iddling; The sales in the Haymarket were pretty lively , ; Hay, Straw, Clover fetched last prices.:-,ilhe chi iowing prices. and numbers are an accurate statement : 'Fe sink the 01141 per tootleSQL Reef' 4s. 8(1. to ) s. 1141. tub:, 6d. Veal Ss. 4 t. t,, Gs. , tod.—tainb Ais.'od. tt, 05.0d.--,i'vrk ss. od. tg US. td. 11Jasts. 2.2o3,—Sheep, ts;44o.—CalYrs, Hay L. tss. od. to 61.; tos. od Clover 61. ass. oci. to 71.. , 44.--Straw tl. t4s. od. told. 24. CORN-EXCHANGE, ,MARCS arriVals of Wheat to-day make, a ci:nsiderablit snpply‘; fine samples maintain their price; other sorts are dell sale, and rather lower.—Barley. in large . 6npply, and somewhat cheaper:—lu Malt but little fltw.tuation, —Beans of ea&t kind likewise.—But few White Peas, which are full as dear.--There tire, large ar rivals of Oats, and this trade is quoted 13. and per quarter cheaper.--•-Rape Seed full As Pour 19wer.